How to Delete an Azure Storage Account using PowerShell

In this blog, you will see how to delete an Azure storage account using PowerShell.

Introduction 

In this blog, you will see how to delete an Azure Storage Account using PowerShell.

Prerequisites:

Install Azure PowerShell Module to run the script.

PowerShell Script:

Open Notepad and paste the following script. Save the file as script.ps1.

################# Azure Blob Storage - PowerShell ####################

## Input Parameters
$resourceGroupName="azpractice"
$storageAccName="azstorageacc1132020"

## Connect to Azure Account
Connect-AzAccount

## Function to delete a storage account

Function DeleteStorageAccount
{
    Write-Host -ForegroundColor Green "Deleting the storage account.."
    ## Check if storage account exists
    if(Get-AzStorageAccount -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroupName -Name $storageAccName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)
    {
        ## Delete the storage account
        Remove-AzStorageAccount -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroupName  -Name $storageAccName -Force
    }
    else
    {
         Write-Host -ForegroundColor Magenta $storageAccName "- storage account does not exist."
    }
}

DeleteStorageAccount

## Disconnect from Azure Account
Disconnect-AzAccount

Open a Windows PowerShell window and navigate to the location where the script file was saved.

Run the following command.

.\script.ps1

Result:

The storage account was deleted successfully.

Reference:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/az.storage/Remove-azStorageAccount?view=azps-3.3.0

Summary:

In this blog, you saw how to delete an Azure Storage Account using PowerShell.